Yes, there are many alternatives to rentier capitalism. This is one.

When Canadian journalist and friend of Making Sense Frank Koller published his book “Spark”, about the profit-sharing model pioneered at Cleveland’s Lincoln Electric, it encouraged Making Sense to return to the manufacturer after first reporting on them back in 1992. You can watch our update from 2011 above. (And here is a response to those who thought we were too easy on Lincoln.) Two years later, Koller now updates us on yet another profitable year for Lincoln.

Frank Koller: The annual profit-sharing bonus ceremony was held Friday in Lincoln Electric’s Cleveland cafeteria, which Making Sen$e has covered extensively over the years on the NewsHour and on the Business Desk. Here are the latest numbers for the Ohio-based multinational welding manufacturer, now 118 years old:

80: uninterrupted years of paying an employee bonus (i.e. profitable every year since 1934)

$33,029: average 2013 bonus per U.S. employee (roughly 3,000 employees)

$81,366: average 2013 total earnings per U.S. employee (wages or salary + bonus)

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But the world needs alternative of the capitalism, not just of the rentier capitalism. The capitalism is outdated. We should not anymore agree to few having it better and the rest having it the same or worse.
If someone does not see how stupid and unfair capitalism is, then he does not understand its basic principles.

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